Ethnoscience

Many have heard of such a culture as physalis. Unusual red boxes, lanterns, in which the fruits of the plant are hiding - the first thing you remember. when they talk about Physalis. It belongs to the family of the nightshade. This perennial plant reaches up to 50-100 cm in height, produces single bell-shaped flowers of cream or white color, which grow from the axils of the leaves and bloom in August.

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Digitalis (Digitális) is a grass of the plantain family. Distributed in the Mediterranean, is found in Asia and North Africa. The chemical composition of digitalis The composition of digitalis is replete with residues of organic compounds, which, in conjunction with carbohydrates form glycosides. The plant contains five such compounds: digitoxigenin, gitoksigenin, gitloksigenin, digoxigenin and diginigenin.

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Most of us are familiar with cloves as fragrant spicy seasoning. However, few people know about the medicinal properties of the spice, which is the dried unopened buds of the clove tree, resembling in shape small carnations with caps. It turns out that medicine in many countries has long ago adopted the use of cloves for medicinal purposes.

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Oregano is a herbaceous perennial plant that is widespread throughout the world. Its popularization covers the expanses of glades, forest edges, forests and grassy areas. In a number of states, oregano is cultivated for the purpose of further application in various qualities. Along with the demand for this plant, its unpretentiousness, it differs from a number of herbs in an incredible symbiosis of useful properties.

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Horseradish - perennial with a powerful root, which is eaten as a spicy seasoning. Horseradish is a popular garden plant, its leaves are used in preservation and pickling products for the winter. Apply a plant and for medicinal purposes. The chemical composition and calorie horseradish What vitamins are not only contained in horseradish!

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Ceps is perhaps the most desirable prey for many mushroom pickers. It can rightly be called the king of mushrooms, because it is characterized not only by its attractive appearance, but also by its very high taste qualities, which makes it an ideal ingredient for many dishes. Moreover, white fungus is characterized by a number of useful properties, which will be discussed below.

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Coniferous forests are presented to us during the summer-autumn mushroom season as a gift in the form of beautiful mushrooms - butter. They are deservedly popular with lovers of "quiet hunting" for their excellent taste and good yield. Fungi Maslyata mushrooms got their name because of the sticky oily cap.

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Chervil was known in our latitudes since ancient times and they called it snacks, karbel, kupyr. It was used in food and as a remedy. Today, the plant continues to be used in traditional medicine and cooking, but its beneficial properties have found application in other areas of human life. Chervil (kupyr): the chemical composition and nutritional value of a plant Chervil is always noticeable among other plants.

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Sage is a herb that has been famous for its medicinal properties since ancient times. Hippocrates mentioned his useful properties in his writings. Not spared sage nutmeg and modern medicine. Extracts from this herb cure inflammatory processes of the skin and respiratory tract. In cosmetology, it is widely used as an anti-inflammatory and firming agent.

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Aronia is black-fruited, it is also black-fruited mountain ash - it is a shrub or tree with fragrant sweet-sour berries, extremely useful in its properties. The wide popularity of the Chernoplodka, despite its amazing beneficial properties, was relatively recent, only about a hundred years ago, and owes this plant to the great Russian breeder Ivan Michurin.

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Red rowan, its health benefits, contraindications and possible harm from its use have been known to mankind for several thousand years. The unique qualities of mountain ash provided her a special place in traditional medicine, cooking and cosmetology. Red Rowan continues to attract attention and enjoy great popularity.

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Lemon - a plant of the genus Citrus. It probably appeared as a result of spontaneous hybridization, and for a long period of time it developed as a separate species, and only then it was domesticated and turned into a popular garden culture (in South or Southeast Asia). Today this plant is unknown in a wild-growing state.

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